(CNN) - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will not release more Freddie Mac-related documents, according to campaign spokesman R.C. Hammond.

Though the contender for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination said Wednesday that his campaign would "do what they can" to release more information about payments he received as a consultant from the government-backed mortgage group, Hammond backtracked later in the evening.

When asked via email whether the campaign would release more Freddie Mac-related documents or if a fact sheet it released in the afternoon was the last word on the issue, Hammond responded to CNN, "last word."

If Newt is now toast over this, just think how easily it will be to take out obummer with all the info. the press has on him. This should be fun. Obummer will be beaten badly by Newt or any other Repub..

$1.6 million for a former Speaker to help kill a bill to increase oversight on Freddie Mac prior to their $500 billion (and counting) taxpayer-funded bailout is a little more significant than a $45,000 settlement for a frivolous sexual harassment claim.

Sounds like joe up at gay valley, I will not release my pay, court begged to differ. Does the freedom of information act not apply here. The fool should know obummer will get the info, in a plan envelope with no finger prints.

I am very conservative but I don’t give a hoot about his consulting. No one gives a crap about Franklin Raines getting millions in severance for destroying the entire economy with loans to people who could’nt ever pay them based in part because of race. Talk about that and then we will yawn off some more on Newt telling those idiots to stop making those give away loans guaranteed by the taxpayers!! Give me a break.

Maybe Gloria Allred can dig up a couple of bimbo’s who use to work Feddie and Fanny who will claim that Newt sold his soul to Feddie and Fanny and then a week or so later have their bankrupt gambling boyfriends confirm all they claim.

Dang FR is being overrun by crony capitalists. Face facts, Newt has been feeding at the public trough for years. And now you suckers take the bait on how he is going to clean out the barn. Conclusion, you all just give cleaning out DC lip service just like Newt.

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posted on 11/17/2011 12:27:12 PM PST
by Fred
(no job no house no gas no food no problem Obama 2012)

Gingrich has said that he didn't lobby for Freddie Mac and sources cited in NPR and Bloomberg News reports confirm that.<

So really what this whole bogus kerfuffle is about is the fact that the Democrats, and a lot of people on FR, can tie the Gingrich name to Freddie Mac. Big freaking deal. Not to mention the fact that it was 10 years ago.

I'm not for any candidate at this point but it just chaps my ass to see FReepers helping the MSM to tar and feather one of their own using trumped up charges.

If BO doesn't show his Birth Certificate, it makes it OK for Newt not to reveal to potential voters what he did for Freddie Mac for $1.6M. Was it consulting or lobbying?

Wonder how many other governmental agencies Newt has consulted for in DC since he left office in 1998. I would assume many that we haven't heard about and won't, since Newt's camp feels it is irrelevant to his aspirations to be POTUS.

First, I am not going to make a judgment on Newt based upon what little I know of this situation or how well documented the so called “facts” are.

Here's the problem: No matter what you do, the media will keep fanning the flames under this story; just as they have done w/Cain's trumped up sexual harassment charges and Perry's debate stumbles. As long as the press can propagandize they will do so; and, over time, repeated often enough, the lies become accepted by the masses and the poll numbers drop. The Left and the GOP insiders want Romney ...and between the two of them they monopolize the message.

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